Does Mercedes-Benz’s new electric G-Wagen cut it in the rough?

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There is a certain quality to quantity. Mercedes’ Exhibit A in this regard has always been its Geländewagen, an absolute unit of an SUV since the 1970s, when the Shah of Iran is said to have suggested the company’s engineers take a crack at building a military-spec vehicle. (Geländewagen translates roughly to “all-terrain vehicle”.) Even in its civvies, the…